Shaft-bearing.



No. 867,511. I PATENTBD OCT. 1, 1907.

J; P. KARNS.

SHAFT BEARING. APPLICATION IILBD r1113. 23, 1907.

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SHAFT BEARING.

ATTORNEYS I To'all whom-ti may concern:

UNITED, STATES JOHN PRUE KARNS, OF

MACHINE 00., OF BOULDER, "GOLORADO.

SHAFT-BEARING, 1

Be it known that 1, JOHN PRUE Ksrms a citizen of I the United States, residing at Boulder, in'the county of Boulder and State of Colorado, haveinvented a new and useful Shaft-Bearing, of which the following is a specification;

This invention has reference to improvements in l haft bearings of the anti-friction roller type, and its j'ect is to provide a shaftbearin'g intended more par- I ticularly for heavy shafts carrying large weights where the shaft moves both r'otatablyand longitudinally.

To this end, the invention comprises a collar for the shaft split into two halves which are coupled together in such manner as to bring nospe cial strain upon the faS-' tening devices, and within this collar are carried a number of longitudinal seriesof rollers so located and, spaced 1 that their journal supports a-re'staggered inorderthatthe rollers themselves may occupy practically all the-lute. rior surface of the collar, and these rollers are" so {dis posed as to provide a polygonal bore for the collar. 1 through which the shaft may move longitudinally with the greatest freedom, but at the same time the shaft and collar cannot turn independently, and when the shaft is rotated the collar is carried with it.

: The collar is seated upon a series of rollers placed (parallel with the longitudinal axisof the. collar and forming the lower half of a journal bearing for said. collar, which latter is confined to its seat upon the longi tudinal rollersby a. cap-plate which, however, is or may be unprovided with roller contacts and, in fact, may be' out of contact with the collar.

Since the roller bearing structure .is designed for use with shafts having longitudinal as well as rotary movement, the collar is further provided with end-thrust ball-bearings. v

The invention will be fully understood from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which,

Figure 1 is anend elevation, partly in section, of the improved anti-friction roller bearings; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view, partly broken away, of the same.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown a journal casing comprising the lower or bed section 1 and the upper or cap section 2 having flanges 3 at their meeting edges for manner. The bed-plate 1 is formed with a semi-cylindrical seat 5 at each end of which are radially-disposed semi-circular flanges 6. Adjacent to the inner wall of each flange 6, the semi-cylindrical seat 5 is formed with a semi-circular seriesof pockets 7 shaped to constitute journal beari'hgsfor the journals 8 of rollers 9 which are longitudihallyl esed the seat 5 of the bed'section 1 of the journalifi llip There are as manyof these rollers arrangd within the .bed section 1 ofthejoumal Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 23,1907. SerialNo. 358,901.

the passage of securing'bolts 4 in the usual Patented Oct. 1', 1907.

support as their diameter will permit, and they are properly located to constitute a substantially semi circularjournal bearing for a collar 10. ,The exterior through the diameter so as' to constitute .two equal parts, so that the collar may be readily applied to the sh'aiti To secure these two parts together the meeting faces of one part are provided .witladovetailed tenons 11 near each end and corresponding dovetailed mortises 12 are formedithroughout the length of the meeting faces ofthe other part so that this last-named pait' may the two parts will be held against lateral displacement relatively one w the other by the engagement 'of the dovetailed tenons 11 in the dovetailed mortises 12., It will be-vobserved thatthe tenons 11 arecomparatively shortandlocated, at the endsonly of the cylinder sectiouup'on which they are formed, but, if desired, these wtenons maybe extended? throughout the length of the i collarlO. 1 vTo-.pr.event longitudinal displacement of the together by -ewe 13 having their heads countersunk into the. mortisedsection of the collar and having their threaded ends engaging/huts formed in the tenons 11. The inner face ofthe collar is shown polygonal incross-section and in the particular form shown in the drawings it is octagonal in cross section. At the angles formed by the meeting facets of the inner face of-the collar ar'e longitudinal ribs 14,- those opposite the meet-' ing faces of the twosections of the collar being split coincident with these said meeting faces, in the form shown in thedrawing, but it is quite evident that the meeting faces of the two parts of the collar may be located at some point between certain of the ribs 14 if so desired. These ribs 14 are segmental in cross section so that the matching faces of two ribs are parallel one with the other, thereby forming pockets for the body portions of the rollers 15, the journals 16 of which are U seated in"substantially semi-cylindrical pockets 17 their journals 16 is so related that the rollers 15 may be placed parallel with their surfaces nearly touching and arranged. parallel to the plane of rotation. of the collar 10 and at right angles to the longitudinal axis of said collar. The journals 16 and their pockets 17, constituting journal bearings for the journals 16-, are of such size that the pockets 17 on one side of a rib 14 can be located intermediate of the pockets 17071 the other side of a rib 14. E y this arrangement each series of rollers 15 is staggered with relation to the next adjacent series of rollers 15 and the greatest possible support is provided by the rollers within the limits of the interior of the collar 10. The series of rollers 15 continue all around the interior of the collar 10 and serve as anti- .be slid longitudinally on to the first-named part and.

of this collar is a true cylinder and the collar is split A .twopartsoi the collarylO, they may be further secured f friction roller bearings fora shaft 18 which, in the pardrawing the'shaft is supported by not less than three longitudinal series of rollers and part of the time by four longitudinal series of rollers. Thus this structure is particularly adapted for heavy shafts carrying great weights since not only is it supported byseveral series of rollers but the bearing surface of the rollers against the shaft are brought close together in longitudinal series,

- and also the series themselves, by the staggered relation of their journal bearings, have the contiguous ends of the rollers in close relation, thus occupying very effectually all the'utilizable space Within the limits of the collar 10.

The flanges 6 formed on both the bed-plate l and cap section 2 coact to confine the collar within the limits of the seat 5 formed in the bed-plate 1, and the endthrust of this collar is taken care of by the circular serios of anti-friction balls 19 at each end of the collar confined in a race, one member 20 of which is formed in I the end wall of the collar and the other memlder 21 of which is formed in the contiguous flange 6. that the balls 19' may be introduced into the race 20-21, a.passage'22 is provided in the corresponding flange 6 of the cap plate 2 leading from the exterior thereof to the race, so ,that the balls may be readily dropped into the race until the latter is full.

' It will be seen that the roller bearings formamuch more extended support within any given space than would ball-bearings since with the latter .the.points of support between the balls and the parts carried thereby are circumscribed andat the same time neces- .sarily more or less remote one from the other. With roller bearinga however, such as herein set forth and comprised within the scope of the present invention,

I much shorter bearings may be used thanwould be movement. This is particularly valuable in conneC-.

may. support and carry a weight farin excess of what could be carried by ball-bearings occupying the same extent of surface.

By the structure of the present invention it is possible to provide anti-friction bearings for a shaft having rotative movement'and at the same time reciprocatory tion with drilling machines of large capacity where the drillhead is carried upon one end of the shaft and the latter is reciprocate d to cause the drill-head to cut by a series of blows and at the same time the shaft is rotated about its longitudinal axis to bring the drillhead into contact with fresh surfaces. In such machines, especially those of the laigetype, the bearings are subjected to severe shocks and great strains, while the parts that are carried by the shaft are also of large weight. l or this reason roller bearings constructed in accordance with this invention are particularly adapted for such machines and have been designed more In order especially for use in such machines It may also he observed that by the use of roller bearings in these largemachines injury to the shaft ,by scoring or otherwise is obviated and the necessity of repairs from this cause is practically eliminated.

It will be observed that the cap plate contains no rollers for the collar 10 and that, in fact, this collar is out of contact with said cap plate. In thenormal operation of machines'ior which this invention is particularly designed, the great weight of the shalt and the parts carried thereby will keep the collar seated on the longitudinally arranged rollers in the bed-plate and the c ap plate simply serves to confine the collar against leaving its seat on the rollers should there, under extraordinary conditions, be a tendency to raise the collar from its seat. The chief function of the cap is to carry other pa'rtsiwhich in themselves have nothing to do with the particular journal bearings constituting the subject oi the present invention. For these reasons, it is unnecessary to provide the cap plate with roller bearings for the collar.

I claim: I

1. An nnti-friction roller bearing comprising a rotatable collar, journaled rollers supportin the same and n1'- ranged parallel to the axis of rotation of said collar, and longitudinally-disposcd series of rollers constituting the inner bearing face of the collar with the axis of rotation oi? each roller disposed parallel to the plane of rotation of the collar.-

2. An anti-friction roller bearing comprising a rotatable collar, journiiled rollers supporting the surne and arranged parallel to the axis of rotation of said collar, and longitudinally-disposed series of rollers constituting iho .inner bearing face of the collar with the axis of relation of each roller disposed parallel to the plane of rotation of the collar, the rollers of one series within the collar being staggered with relation to the rollers of the next adjacent;

series thereto.

3. An anti-friction roller bearing comprislng'a rotatable collar, journnled rollers supporting the same and arranged parallel to the axis of rotation of said collar, longitudinally-disposed series of'rollers constituting a polygonal inner bearing face for the collar/and a shaft polygonal'in cross section extending through the collar .nnd supported by said rollers.

4. An anti-friction roller bearing comprising a rotatable collar journaled rollers supporting the some and or ranged parallel to the axis of rotation of said collar, longitudinally-disposed series of rollers constituting a polygonal inner bearing face for the collar, and a shaft polygonal in cross section extending through the collar and supported by said roilers,'the rollers oi one series within the collar being staggered in relation to the rollers of the next adjacent-series thereto.

5. An anti-friction roller bearing comprising a collar having' a polygonal inner face, longitudinal ribs formed along the meeting edges of the facets on theinterior of the collar, journal hearings in staggered relation on opposite sides of the ribs, rollers having journals seuied'in said journal bearings, and other rollers exterior to snid collar and supporting the same and arranged longitudinally parallel with the axis' of s'nid collar.

6. An. anti-friction journal bearing comprising a supporting member carrying a semicircular series of longitudinally-extending rollers, a rotatable collar seated on said rollers. longitudinal series ofrollers carried by the inte'rior of the collar and arranged to form a polygonal bearing surface therein, a polygonal shaft engaging the polygonally-disposed rollers within the coilnr,. and a cup plate confining the collar to the bed-pluic of the journal support.

7. An anti-friction journal bearing comprising a supporting member cnrryin a semi-circular series of longitudinally-extending rollers, a rotatable cdllur seated on said rollers, longitudinal series of rollers carried by the intrrior of the rmlar and arranged to form a polyganal bearing surface therein, a polygonal shaft engag ng the polygoually-disposcd rollers within the collar, :1 cap plate toutining the collar to the bedplate of the journal support. and anti-friction hall-hearings interposed between the ends 0'5 the collar and the journal support adjacent to tho collar,

H. An anti-friction journal bearing comprising a twoal'i journal support, longitudinally arranged rollers in the lower section of said support and arranged in scmicircular series, a (-ylimlrirtal collar split longitudinally into two equal parts with (l0"0tll.it(i tenbns formed on one part and r-orrispulitlinfi dovetailed murtises on the other part, shearing nnhms for faslenin; the two parts together, rquitlistanr' radially disposed inwardiy --prnjecti11g longitudinal rihs formed on the inner face of the collar; longitudinal series of rollers having "their axes of rotation parallel with the plane of rotation of the collar, with the rollers of one seiics in staggered relation to the rollers of the next adjacent series, thc said rollers farming a polvgo aal hraring face on the interior of the collar, and a polygonal shaft engaging said rollers.

In testimony hat I claim the foregoirg as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

.TOIIN I'RUE KAHNS.

Witnesses 4. 1. in: W011 v CHARLES 1:. Warn. 

